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" Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness... "
The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ... - Page 50
by Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 299 pages
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...HENRY IV.'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the Great, Under the...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...they come, bid them o'er-read these letters. And well consider of them : Make good speed. [Exit Page. ith Ciesars, and with Cannibals, And Trojan Greeks'!...we fall foul for toys ? Hmt. by my troth, captain, forgetful ness ? W by rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...lock'd up in sleep, as guiltless labour When it lies starklyf in the traveller's bones. 5— iv.2. 157, Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...speed. [Exit Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 554 pages
...Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, Are at this hour asleep!—O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the...
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The Poetry of the Pentateuch, Volume 1

Hobart Caunter - 1839 - 590 pages
...King Henry the Fourth, second part, act the third, scene the first. It is an apostrophe to sleep :— Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have...wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetful ness? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,...
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Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 1

Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1840 - 342 pages
...With others than with him." Of the celebrated address to sleep,* Shakspeare has the whole merit. " How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...nurse, how have I frighted thee. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in...
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American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, Volume 2

1840 - 598 pages
...lowest of his race. Thus does he penetrate into the anxious sleepiest chamber of a king : — " Oh, sleep ! Nature's soft nurse ! how have I frighted...eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness? ****** Wilt thou, upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his hrain In...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh mine eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, Arid 1 ii II 'i I with sounds of sweetest melody ? O thou dull god, why liest thou with the vile In...
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The Philosophy of Shakspere: Extracted from His Plays

William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...iii. Scene 4. A". Henry. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep!—Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfnlness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,...
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